Time always seemed to fly past you when you didn't want it to, and slow down when you want the day to just be over with already. Today was one of those times. Already a week has passed since our meeting with Kish and the other aliens, and all of us were getting nervous. We could launch our attack whenever we wanted to, as Incred knew where the enemy was, but that would mean fighting them on their home turf, and any disadvantage against us that we could avoid, we would avoid. Also we wanted it to be after our competitions. If we were hurt, which we all knew we would be, in the battle, at least this way it wouldn't interfere with our normal lives.

College Mew Mew Final

By: Satashi

"I can't do this," I complained, letting my head fall against the table and my pencil roll away from me. "This sucks. I'm supposed to be saving the world, not learning about how Japan almost fell to the new emperor a thousand years ago... Ryou, I don't want to do this report. I'm three quarters there already, can't I just BS the rest of the way through it?"

"You could, but since you failed this the first time around, I suggest you sit up, take your pencil, and keep going." Ryou told me before pulling my ponytail and forcing me to sit up.

"Ryou, it's three in the morning, I just want to go home and sleep." I yawned and looked at him with pleading eyes. "Masaya is already worried about me staying up as late as it is. Can I go home? Please?"

"As soon as you finish typing what you just underlined in your book, spell check it all, and give sightings on everything we got information from. Which, luckily for you, I kept up with so you'll only have to type it and print it out." He showed me a sheet of paper that had the listings on it. "Honestly, Ichigo, this is grade school work."

"Says the person who got his PHD when he was twelve," I snorted and took the paper from him, glanced it over, and began to finish typing what was in the book. "I better ace this, or I'm going to be mad as hell."

"Good, then you'll act how you look."

"Ryou, you better be glad I'm too sleepy to hit you right now, because you just lost ten points on the nice scale."

"There's a nice scale?" He asked, looking amazed.

"Yes, but don't worry, you're normally no where close to it, so it shouldn't impact you too much."

"Che, and I was going to offer to proof read this for you too!"

"Ryou, darling, did I mention how much I really appreciate you doing this for me?"

"Finally, it's over." I exclaimed, dropping down onto my bed and sighing in relief. I felt great and tired at the same time. I had just turned in my last bit of make-up work from the time I missed when my dorm room caught on fire. Thinking back on it, I was glad that it was written off as a hot water heater blowing up. Turns out that no one even saw the battle in the parking lot, although several cars were damaged during it.

Rolling over onto my back, I looked up at the ceiling and smiled. "Just a few more weeks and the midterms will be over, the tournament will be over, and the war will be over. I'll have three months to do whatever I want, whenever I want." I grinned. Talking to myself had somewhere become a habit for the last few months for some reason.

Looking over onto the wall, I looked at the calendar. The 'College Olympics', as it was being called now, would start on Saturday, day after tomorrow. Masaya was at his kendo club right now, training. This would be their last session before the tournament. My last track practice was today too; to give our legs time to rest. As long as we did stretching exercises everyday, we would be in top condition for the meet.

As for what I was going to do? I still don't know how I'll hide my ears from everyone, let alone my tail. Thinking about my tail made it come out, giving me a quick weird feeling. I don't think I would ever get used to actually feeling it grow out, even if it didn't even take a full second for it to happen. Reaching back, I gripped my tail at its base and gently pulled it out the top of my pants to look at it. "You know what?" I asked, watching it twitch around, trying to get free. "You're a real pain in the butt."

"Says the girl to her tail," Masaya laughed, jumping onto the bed, making me bounce. "Hi there. What you up to?"

"Nothing," I looked up at him. "Why are you so happy today?"

"You're looking at the starting contendant of the Kendo circle of the tournament." He bit into an apple that he was carrying. "I'm going to start the whole thing off with my match."

"Oh wow, that's amazing!" I sat up a little bit and hugged him, a little awkward from my position. "Congratulations Honey."

"Thanks." He shifted me around so I was lying against him, halfway in his lap. He bit into his apple again and gave me his classic smile. "I'm going to smite them all. Wha-pow!" He motioned with his free hand, as if he was hitting someone with a sword.

"You just do that, I patted his chest before leaning forward and stealing a chunk of his apple.

"Hey, that's mine." He moved it out of my reach and bit into it again, grinning as he chewed.

"Idiot." I laughed and shook my head.

So here I was. Swallowing thickly, I looked around at the several hundred people around me. I had only been in the dome once before, to watch Masaya's trials for the kendo contestant in the tournament. Nervously, I fidgeted with the hem of my jacket with my free hand. My other hand was currently holding onto Masaya's in one of our rare moments. Normally we were either all over each other or not touching at all. Holding hands was something I liked but didn't do quite often for some reason.

I stepped a little closer to him and held his hand a little tighter, getting more nervous as the moments ticked by. There were several people crowding me, waiting to get some sort of refreshments or find their seats in one of the many, many rows of bleachers. Currently I was a little too warm for my comfort. I had on a light long sleeve shirt with a heavy jacket over it. I decided to wear a pair of tight blue jeans today as well. My Running cloths were in Masaya's duffle bag, along with his kendo gear.

All of the events were to be held inside the giant building; Kendo, Tennis, Track, Karate, and even Swimming in the adjoining building later tonight. As for me, I would be in the stands until the Kendo portion was completed, then I would get ready for the running while the Karate section was going on. I griped Masaya's hand tighter as I thought about it. Looking down at me, he gave the best reassuring look he could before letting go of my hand and starting to walk away with the group that had just came up to us.

Waving at him as he walked with his team mates, I mouthed out 'I love you' to him, making him smile and nod, giving me a 'you too' kind of look. When he rounded a corner, I suddenly felt very alone. Even if I was starting to get cramped more and more by new people coming in, I didn't really feel like they were there. I was nervous and felt a little sick to my stomach from it. I didn't manage to get much sleep the night before and I didn't even eat any breakfast this morning either.

"Ichigo!"

Turning to the sound of someone calling my name, I let out a sigh of relief when I saw Mark waving over to me with Zakuro next to him. "You made it!" I greeted them, hugging Zakuro and smiling at Mark before he pulled me into a half hug and giving me a noogie.

"I told you before I would take off for this," Zakuro told me as I tried to fix my hair. "Mark and I met up outside. We saw Lettuce but couldn't get to her before we lost track of her."

"Probably already sitting down," I spoke my thoughts aloud. "Maybe we should go ahead and ourselves."

Before I knew it, I was cheering on my boyfriend from the stands. His sword clashed against his opponents several times. So far they had to stop, step back and await a decision more than just a few times, but no points have been awarded just yet. The level of skill being displayed was shocking to me, even though I was already accustomed to seeing Masaya battle in his Kendo class. No wonder only the best of the best from each college would participate. Masaya, the Blue Knight, was battling someone who was holding his own against him.

"Why doesn't he just go Blue on them and get it over with?" Pudding asked after Masaya's opponent was finally granted the first point.

"Because," I answered her. "Even if Masaya gets two of the three points easily, if his form isn't correct, he could still lose the battle. They are ranked on form, precision, and prestige. The Blue Knight uses an old-style form of one handed swords. Kendo uses both hands and has a very strict form. Notice how they always sit so still and stuff? That's good form."

"I told her that yesterday," Mark told Pudding after she looked impressed.

"What if you don't call out which section of the body you're attacking when you strike?" Lettuce asked me, making me look to Mark.

"It's bad sportsmanship. Its bad form if you call out an attack and it gets-"

"Face!"

Clack!

I looked down at the floor, where Masaya just blocked an attack. "Side!" He swung out, and hit his opponent. Both stopped, bowed, and took a step back before kneeling down.

"Ah, see there? Masaya probably has it in the bad now unless he trips and falls flat on his face or something." Mark said, before standing up. "Woohoo! Good job Masaya!"

I blushed darkly as several people all looked at us. "It's really bad form to shout like that..."

Oh this really sucked. Masaya was in his final match for first place, and here I was; stuck in a locker room being given what uniform to wear. My coach was there as well, smiling at me as I was handed the uniform. When the official left, I looked at it and knew at once I couldn't wear it. "...Coach..."

"Momomiya... You can do this. It's okay. No one will be looking at your body; everyone will be wearing the same. Don't feel shy."

"...It's not that..." I smiled at her uneasily. "I just...can't. I have to wear wind pants and my cap..."

"You can't here." She pointed out. "Mo... Ichigo, you can do this."

"But, I-"

"I've already tried for you... you can't. You have to wear this. It's the rules."

I felt my eyes get misty. "I...can't..."

"Why?"

A tear went down my cheek, followed by another. "I can't..."

My coach looked at me a moment before turning her gaze away. "I'll go get Rachael."

The words hit me hard. As she turned away, I felt my heart break and my dreams come upon me as if I was physically hit. Collapsing down onto the bench, I put my face into my hands and sobbed out. Tears leaked through my fingers and dripped onto my legs. I heard several cheers from upstairs and then an announcer stating that my boyfriend had won the match.

I hugged myself tightly, crying harder. I had missed one of the biggest moments in his life so I could participate in mine, only to have it ripped away from me. Waking up at five in the morning to run every day, practicing all the time during the week, even doing stretches every morning to keep my legs nimble. I did it all. I did it all for nothing.

Slowly I stood up and angrily wiped the tears from me face. I took a few steps to the door, and looked up when it opened, revealing Rachael and my coach again. Seeing her, I tried my best to smile. "Don't give them any slack," I told her walking past. The look on her face could only be surprised as completely happy. My dreams had been handed over to her on a silver platter. Forcefully wiping my face again with my sleeve, I continued my way out.

I was only half way up the stairs to the main floor when it happened. The ground shook violently and an explosion rang out loudly. Several people were screaming and starting to run around. Worried, I shoved my way through the crowd to where my friends were and somehow managed to get to them.

"What's going on!?" I shouted over the noise of another small explosion.

"That!" Mark replied, screaming and pointing to the open area of the floor. All four of the aliens invading earth were there. Saucer was in the lead, causing the most havoc around. Apparently he must have thought that the place we were in would be the best for our final battle.

"Ichigo!" I felt arms around me a moment before I realized that Masaya was there too. "Come on, let's go!" He demanded. Of course we knew what he meant. We needed to go and find a place to change so we could battle.

"It's coming this way!" Lettuce suddenly screamed, pointing.

Turning around I had just enough time to realize that a large blast of energy was streaming right at us. I opened my mouth to scream, but the voice wasn't mine. Shocked, I saw Mark standing next to Masaya, both of them having taken the blast to protect the rest of us. "You girls go..." He chocked out, obviously hurt badly. "Me and Masaya will distract them until you're safe..."

"Mark..."

"What are friends for?" He asked weakly, ginning at Masaya lightly. "Go girls, I can't take another blast like that...I'll protect my friends...no matter what..."

"Mark..." Masaya's eyes softened a moment as another attack was shot at us. "I'm sorry Mark, but I'll protect you instead." He moved quickly in front of him and took a firm stance in front of us all. Everything seemed to slow down for him as Mark's voice started to protest. Then I finally realized what was happening. "Blue Abyss!" He was going to change...in front of his best friend. "Metamorphosis!"

The blast of telekinetic energy was deflected easily and the Blue Knight now stood in place of Masaya. His sword was already drawn and ready to fight. "Girls, get Mark to a safe place."

"You...You're...I mean...you are...that is..."

"Come on Mark," I put one of his arms around my shoulder. "We're getting you out of here."

"It can't be..." Mark was dazed and weak, bleeding lightly in several places. "Masaya is...but that means...that means!" He looked at me, eyes going wide. "You're the cat, aren't you?"

I was busted. "That doesn't matter right now," I scolded him, helping him out of the now almost empty area. "Girls, in there!" I nodded to the dressing room where I just came from. "It should be empty now!"

"I can go on my own." Mark pulled away from me and limped a little bit away. "You have a job to do, Mew Mew." He winced, but still managed to give me a weak thumbs up. "We'll talk later. Be careful, and take care of that idiot friend of mine."

I felt so much better hearing him say that. "Thank you Mark." I bowed at him lightly before getting serious again and running into the changing room. Once inside I shouted out the words of my transformation out of habit rather than actually needing to. I don't know why, but I liked doing it. It made me feel more ready for the battle at hand when I shouted out while transforming.

Changed and ready, I nodded at the other girls. We all ran back outside and over to where the main battle was taking place. The Blue Knight was clashing against Saucer while the others were being tackled by Kish and his gang as well. All of us instantly split up as well.

I chose to run over to Masaya to help him battle against their leader. Upon reaching him, Kish flew up from behind Saucer and gashed his back. Masaya took advantage of the distraction to slash wickedly across his chest as well. Calling my bell, I instantly swiped it across the air, sending a blast of energy into him and making him fly against the wall.

"It's two-on-one everywhere, and two people are three-on-one!" Kish exclaimed, grinning. "This won't take more than five minutes."

"You obviously underestimated me."

Before Kish could look at the voice, he was blasted clear across the room and into the wall. Not stopping there, he flew literally through it and crashed down finally to a halt in the room next to us.

Gasping, I looked over at Saucer. Me was radiating a type of yellowish energy that didn't seem to stop flowing from him. "He's using a Mew Aqua," I realized after only a moment of seeing him. "That power..."

Masaya yelled out and ran forward, clashing against him repetitively until he was finally hit and slung into the ground, making it crack out in all around him. Not knowing what else to do, I jumped into the air and kicked Saucer across the face. My eyes went wide and I yelped out in pain when I was able to land. My entire foot felt bruised, as if I had kicked a wall or something. Saucer, however, only looked amused at me.

"Ribbon Zakuro's Pure!"

A whip of light lashed out around Saucer's neck and tightened. His stance was thrown off and his hands instantly went to clutch at his throat, so he could somehow get some more air into his system. Looking over to where she was, I noticed that Kei was knocked unconscious on the floor and Pai was now helping Pudding and Tart fight against Black Rose.

Saucer finally grabbed the whip that was holding him and ran toward Zakuro, tackling the girl down. She managed to get her foot into his stomach and push off, sending him flying. I noticed that Yosuke and Black Rose were now being fought against at a huge handicap of either three on one or four on one.

Kish managed to get back to us by the time that Saucer had recovered from the attack launched onto him. Standing, he shook his head lightly to try and clear it. When he looked up at me, I felt a small twinge of fear as the mew aqua's power he invoked earlier flared up around him. Before I could even move, he had blurred past me and slammed his fist into Zakuro's' stomach. Her eyes went wide and slowly she bent over before her eyes rolled back into her head and she sagged.

"She got Zakuro...In one hit..." I mouthed out, too shocked and scared to actually understand it. I saw my other friends dart past me to attack as well. Everyone else was already floored who went against us. Only Saucer was left.

But he only seemed to move a little and Pudding collapsed. Her body was already bruised and hurt, and she didn't look like she would be able to get up again. "I didn't...even see him..." She coughed out, cringing. "So fast..."

"Ichigo!"

I snapped back to my senses and ran forward, where Saucer was single handed fending off the Blue Knight, Kish, Mint, and Lettuce at the same time. Jumping into the mix, I punched and twisted several times, but only managed to land one or two hits in. It seemed to go on like this for hours, but I knew it was only a few minutes before our only opponent flew backwards and phased out as Mint's arrow shot through the space he previously was.

"I grow tired of this game," He growled at us as we regrouped. Masaya, Mint, Lettuce, Kish, Incred, Pai, Tart, and I were all still standing and able to fight, but he didn't seem to be the least bit worried about it. "Let's end this shall we?" His voice was cool and calm, dripping with venom. "I'll make fast work of you and then have my own people on this planet before any of you realize that you are already dead."

"You're the one who's dead!" Kish called. "You just don't know it yet!"

"Is that so?" He snarled, taking two vials out from his cloak.

"Mew Aqua!" Pai shouted out, swinging his fan. "Get them!"

"Too late!" He smashed the vials together in his hands, making glass fly out around his fist.

I was blinded by the light. It was everywhere, so bright that even with my eyes closed and arms shielding my face I couldn't seem to get away from it. It finally started to recede, and I was able to once again look at who we were up against.

My mouth went dry.

Saucer no longer looked as he did before. Several small transparent wings were behind him, keeping him afloat in the air. His face had two yellow stripes on it, just under his eyes- which were pure white. Long blond hair fell behind him and splashed out against his yellow tinted robe-like clothing.

He held up his right hand and formed a ball of light into it. His mouth opened and he spoke a single word: "Die."

The ball shot forward and slammed into Mint. Her eyes rolled back into her head and she fell without restraint flat onto the ground.

"Ichi...go..." I turned to the sound, only to see Lettuce falling weakly down.

"Lettuce..."

She hit the ground as well.

"No...No...No..."

I heard the battle going on around me, but I couldn't bring myself to look at it. Mint, Pudding, Zakuro, and now Lettuce were all grounded. Already they couldn't fight anymore and I haven't even been hit once yet. Our battle had not even been going on for ten minutes and one man had taken my entire team down.

"This...this isn't happening" I spoke to myself, sinking to my knees. "This can't be...its impossible..."

The yells from the other aliens told me that their battle was not going any better than what I had just seen. Saucer was infused with the power of three mew aquas all at once, and was fighting with a power so great that I had no idea if we could even beat him or not.

"Ichigo!" I felt hands roughly grab my shoulders and shake me. "Snap out of it!" I looked up at Ryou, who didn't look too pleased at all. "Get up and fight Ichigo!" Reaching into his jacket pocket, he took out a necklace with four small sections in it. Forcing it over me, I started to explain. "They are mew aquas. You can use them just like he can, but listen first! They amplify your desires inside of your heart. You must think clearly on what you need. Put them into your bell, it would probably be the best choice. You're small body can't handle it the way he uses them.

I looked back over at the battle just in time to see the Blue Knight get punched across the face and kicked away from him. Seething out, I got up and ran over to them, grasping the necklace. "Sorry, Ryou," I spoke out as I ran, power starting to surge within me. "I have no choice but to use them to their maximum ability..."

I felt a white hot light envelop me. It consumed all of my being at once. I felt stronger, faster, and smarter. A burning sensation on my cheeks let me know that I too was graced with a mark from the power. Two pink triangular strips blessed my cheeks as my normal Mew Mew outfit was turned a lighter shade of pink and started to borderline a faint white in color.

Saucer looked shocked to see me, giving me just enough time to run at him and ball my hand into a fist, crashing it against his face. A small shockwave of power shot out around us as his head was forcefully jerked to the side. For some reason I felt proud of myself, and wanted to do it again. Taking the chance, I lashed out with my other hand, connecting it into his gut and making him bend over.

Power...I felt the power...

I gripped both my hands together above my head and slammed it down onto the back of his neck. Saucer instantly slammed into the ground below me. The concrete shattered in a flurry of dust and pebbles. Saucer, however, quickly pushed up and grabbed my ankle. Before I knew what happened next I was ripped from my feet and swung like a bat into the wall next to us.

A sharp searing pain went over me, but I had no time to think on it. I was pulled away and swung over his head into the ground.

Power...I wanted more power...

Reaching to my necklace, I summoned forth a second mew aqua source. Saucer was forced away, and I once again felt the raw burning power within me. I started to get light headed and felt the urge to fight get more and more.

"She's going into a berserker high!" Kish shouted, pointing at me while I absorbed the power. "She can't handle the power of the Mew Aqua like that! We have to stop her!"

"Yeah but how?" Masaya retorted, looking over at me. "I can't even go near her!"

I felt weird. I wanted to actually hurt Saucer now for some reason. Gone was the idea of simply beating him and forcing him to leave. I wanted revenge. I wanted to make him suffer for what he did to me and my friends. Yes, that was it. This was revenge. Revenge for going against me. For running my life. I wanted to hurt him more and more.

"Ichigo! Ichigo! Listen to me!"

"I don't want to," I answered Kish, grinning. "I want to fight."

"Ichigo!" Masaya was calling to me now. "That's not you! You're getting too much power; it's starting to control you! The Mew Aqua amplifies your personal feelings to do what it needs to do! You're too unstable right now to be using them!"

"I don't care," I cooed out, looking at Saucer, who was glaring at me. "I feel fine." My words were starting to slur and I only cared about fighting Saucer now.

Dashing forward, I clashed against him, exchanging blow after blow in a never ending dance of fist and energy flares. I had my Bell in one hand, slashing it out to send a blast of power when I could and used my other hand to punch and block his attempts on hurting me. Finally I managed to land a sharp right hook on him and then blast him point blank with my bell's power.

Saucer skidded across the ground and his power faded away slowly. I walked forward in a slow pace, grinning sickly. He was getting weaker. I could beat him now...I could even kill him if I wanted to...

"Ichigo!" Masaya got in front of me. "It's over, he's down! Let us handle the rest of it.

"No!" I screamed out, suddenly angry. "He hasn't suffered enough yet!"

"Ichigo!"

"He stole my life from me!" I screamed, energy flaring around me. "Because of him, my powers came back! Because of him, I couldn't run anymore! Because of him I couldn't study! I almost failed all of my classes! He made me study for several hours a day just to be able to scrape by! I hate him!"

I reared back and slapped Masaya out of my way. "Power...I want more power..."

"No!" Kish flew over to me, pleading. "Don't use another! Ichigo, you're losing control! Don't condemn my planet for this! Think Ichigo!"

"Ichi...go..." I looked over to see Mint, looking up at me from the ground. A small trail of blood was leaking from her lip and her eyes were only opened partly. "Stop...."

"Ichigo..." Lettuce looked at me from the ground, lying on her back. "This isn't like you..."

"Please...please stop, Ichigo..." Pudding was crying.

I was confused now. "But...but..." I sank to my knees and gripped my head. "It keeps calling to me! 'Fight! Fight!' It won't shut up!"

"That's not your heart speaking." Masaya kneeled down in front of me, placing his hands on my shoulders, even though I had an aura around me burning him. "You are just confused. Let it go, Ichigo...you'll be fine."

"I'm...I'm scared." I coughed out, sobbing now. "This power, it's too much..."

"He's getting up!"

I looked over at Saucer, who was standing. Despite him having used so many Mew Aqua's on himself, his power was fading quickly. He was seething mad, and glaring over at me as if he could kill me with just a look.

I felt the urge to battle once again rise up in me, and my lips turned into smile. "I can fight some more..."

"NO!"

I pushed Masaya away gently and stood up, a whitish pink aura flaring around me. Hurt him... make him pay... kill him...

He launched a psychic attack on me, making me lurch backwards. The next moment he was in front of me, crashing a pair on nun chucks across my face. I felt the pain stab deep within me and my head lurch to the side. I saw my friends as my view changed and I staggered back, getting hit again.

Flying back, I shook my head and held it. "No... I don't want this..." The power started to fade around me again, quickly giving me my mind back. "I don't want to fight like this..."

Saucer screamed out, forming two large white balls in his hands and bringing them together as one. My eyes went wide as it was shot at me. Just one of them broke one of my partners enough so she couldn't fight...Two of them like this and I would surely...

Time went in slow motion as it came toward me. I somehow managed to look at all of my friends one last time. Masaya was running to me, but I knew he wouldn't make it. Seeing him again made me happy. At least I knew I got to tell him I loved him one last time this time. Looking over some more, I saw Kish, struggling with his wounds to try and reach me. He too was too far away to stop it. 'I'm sorry, Kish' I sent to him with my look. I turned back again to the ball of energy that was almost upon me. 'So this is how it ends,' my mind thought as my eyes closed, accepting my death.

The scream of pain was long and hard. It rang out loudly, heard by everyone still around. It was full of sadness of death, a farewell shout to the world as life was being ripped from its body. It was only then did I realize that it wasn't my lungs letting out the earth chilling scream of pain. Opening my eyes, I saw the blast end and Incred's body fall on top of me.

"Can't let...my best friend's...girl die....you know?"

I couldn't even say anything as his eyes closed and he sagged down, lifeless. My mouth opened several times to try and speak, but no words came. The weight was heavy on me, and something warm and sticky was flowing down the front of my outfit.

"In...cred...? Buddy...?" Kish fell down next to me. "Incred...hey...Buddy, come on..." His voice was cracking, eyes flowing with tears.

"Kish..."

"He's not dead!" He screamed at me, grabbing his body and shaking it. "He's playing! Isn't that right buddy? You're just trying to make me mad so I'll fight for you, right? Right? Right!?"

"Kish..."

"Shut up! Shut up! He'll be okay... He'll be... he'll...oh god..."His body bent over his friend's and hugged him close. "Incred..."

Standing up slowly, I looked over at Saucer, who only seemed to be disappointed that it wasn't me that Kish was crying over. I felt a soft glowing power rise up inside of me then. It was calm and collective. Not at all like the raging fierceness of a Mew Aqua used in anger instead of to help out the earth. This was familiar to me, comforting. "Saucer," I spoke his name softly, looking over at him. "For everyone on this planet. For everyone on your planet. For the lives that you have took. For the lives you would have taken....I'm going to stop you right here. Right now. I swear it."

I held up my hand and my strawberry bell came faithfully to me. "Ribbon."

Saucer yelled out, forming another set of white hot light into orbs.

"Strawberry."

He reared back and slung the ball at me with everything that he had left in him.

"Check!"

The blast coming from my bell shot out so hard I felt the ground under me shatter with only the force of it. Saucer's eyes widened at the sight of his ultimate attack being smothered by mine as if it was nothing. His voice screamed out in pain before going silent. The blast continued to soar, hitting the wall across the room and destroying it before finally fading out.

"It's...over..." I said softy as everyone was pushing themselves up. "Finally...finally it's over..." I sank to my knees and fell forward, being caught by Masaya as I lost my transformation. Looking up at him, I managed to smile a little. He was no longer transformed either. It really was over now.

Closing my eyes, I felt my body finally give into the tiredness that hung to it and submitted myself to the darkness and passed out.